New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-28
LITERARY NOTES.

Tho first OF the Byrnes-Hawthorne femsneos o.
crime [, entitled ihe Great Bank Robbery. ~ Is
the story Of the burglary in the Manhattan BANK ~
opens vigorously and after fashion which reca!'s
French detective storic II has this reference OF In
spector Byrnes: Detwe 10 aud IL o'clock q new
figure arrived on the This was tall ana wen
built man of perhaps tbirtyfve years OF age, WIN
face expressive OF quiet but penetrating in,ensen1
and bearing that denoted pow err seli-connoenoo anu
res.rve lie was neatly aud un3btrusiveiy dressed,
and looked like prosy erous 'nan Oh ooSin's' " WV
higher class"
MISS Yonge, that writer both pious ana pieasan,'
il nj work npou little treatise OF advice TO booKsh
S SiSes 4"ha' Books 10 ''''' ''N
An English translation OF the last Victor Hugo book
3Choses vue." is in progress in England
A volume of " CoEtempo-1ueous Irltutes 10 mo
Memory OF Henry wsrd Beecher " has been privately
printed hy f. w. Box 1t contains estimates anu
"reminiscences OF the late preacher written Dy more
,e,s di.tng.ished persons Mr.. Andrew Oarnegie
rcatrs tbcse anecdotes The desire OF every 'si'or
to our shores, whether philosopher, poe' a.
physcian or statesman TO hear Mr. Beecher oieh leu
ma 10 Plymouth Church. Matthew Arnold was ho
n,.on,;o, IN the rule. After service, Mr.. Beecher
came direct 10 US. and as introduced him ne ex-
tended both arms. grasped the apostle OIL s"eo'"
and light and SAID Il am very GLAD 10 see !ou ''
Arnold. I have read. think, every woru you nass
ever written, aud much Of it more than once anu
always with profit Mr.. Arnold returned Mr:
Beschers warmti-as who could ever fall to RESPOND
10 IL land said fear, then, you fouDd some "o'oS
shout Yourself which should not have been written
Not at all not at all was the pa da ptor he st
,,rasncj those OF his critic. Those were the most
profitable Of all Upon another occasion naa go.e
with a well-known English divine 10 mho,n
Chnrch and in the party Miss ingersoil, whon !
introduced to MI Beecher, saying. ms IS t tno
daughter OF Colonel lngersoil she has Just heaIa net
6rst sermon and been IN church Tor the nrst tne
Az with Mr. Arnold, the arms were ontstrelcneH AZ
,ncs; and eraspng hers. he said, as ne peereu lnu1
her lair face, well, you are inc mos, p psana
heather | ever saw. Row is your iather no anu 4
have spoken from the platform Tor goo9 cas1
and wasn't it lucky tor me was on the same S'oe WIN
him Remember me to him.
A valuable work will shortly appear in LONDON
Niles Amelia b. Edwardss translation OF froieSsor
Maspero's Archaeology Egyptienne"
The new volume of Select Poems" by Swlnburhe'
Ia coming from tho presses OF the Wortbingon Con-
paDy.
Rere is a literary anecdote which the husband OF
admired piano player, weii-Hh0"n al '
recently sent to a friend:
Scare y,snna-Time. the present.-Frau Fl. H. finds
the Vienna Library system a failure, ano easualyS
mentions the TACT to her andady, WHO'S the prouu
possessor OF shelf full OF books anc as ;
SAWS. occasionally occupies the same room Win
them" ILL.,, ma;
nially answered by another we'll wnst d1 i've
you gotF Suddenly tue iahoi"us 10 i' y
9 Boat Boats is the th,ng~
I" Boasf VINO IL Doats ., -,
Boats, the English novelist. Don't you know
timf n,.,
NO Chesitating,yl Al believe not Painful ,b1l
muse in which Boatss" own country woman feels
that she must disown hun and her own reputation as
an intelligent being at the same time But II can NC
helpeil
1No; really never heard OF Boats"
a1hats singular. am very fond OF Boats, the
English novelist. Boats-you must read him.
@Boatsf i"
Yes, Boats, Bay-oh-tzet-Boats. He wrote
sOlsever Tweest,' and"
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